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The dialogue is a three-pane dialogue with a toolbar. The panes are:
The control icons are mostly taken over from a standard SCIA Engineer graphical window. Therefore, their meaning will not be discussed in detail here.
These icons enable the user to adjust "what" and "how" should be displayed.
These icons make it possible to set the view direction.
These icons enable the user to zoom-in or -out the model.
These icons control the clipping box.
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Generate report |
This icon generates a report about the update. |
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Display original entities |
If ON, the original entities are displayed. |
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Display merged entities |
If ON, the merged entities are displayed. |
The Preview window is a standard graphical window used throughout SCIA Engineer.
The window supports standard features of SCIA Engineer graphical windows:
(i) pop-up menu with a set of zoom, print, save etc. functions,
(ii) [Ctrl] + [Shift] + right-click and drag to zoom in and out the drawing,
(iii) [Shift] + right-click and drag to move the drawing,
(iv) [Ctrl] + right-click and drag to rotate the drawing.
The window displays the two merged projects in one view.
Moreover, the entity currently selected in the merge window (see below) is highlighted in this window.
This window is linked to the Merge window. If a particular entity is selected in the Merge window, then the corresponding properties are shown in the Property window. This is especially useful when the user has to track changes made in the two variants of the project.
This window lists all the entities that somehow do not coincide in the two projects that are being merged.
Added, deleted and changed entities are shown here. The user may select which changes are to be accepted and which ones are to be ignored.
Individual groups (new, deleted, merged entities) will now be described in more details.
Accepting the group
By default, the check box at this item is selected (ticked). It means that new entities (as a group) will be accepted in the final merged project. If you deselect this check box, no new entities will be considered by the update function at all.
Specifying the colour of thegroup
You may adjust the colour for the new entities. Simply click on the coloured box on the right-hand side of the "New entities" line and then select the required colour.
Accepting individual items from the group
You may select which particular entity (or sub-group) from the "New entities" group should be accepted and which one should be declined. Just mark (tick) or unmark (untick) the appropriate item. Please note that once you put cursor (click) on a specific item, its properties are shown in the middle pane (property window) and the entity itself is highlighted in the preview window.
Some items may be "grouped" in sub-groups such as load cases in the picture below. This enables you to decline (if required) the whole subgroup by unmarking the corresponding sub-group check box.
Example:
This is analogous to "New entities" described above.
Example:
This part of the merge window lists all the entities that have different properties in the two compared projects. The list always contains the "original" and the "merged" entity. The properties of both are shown in the property window (one by one – not together). If you select (tick) a particular listed item, the changes made in the merged (second) project will be accepted. If you do not select (unmark) a particular listed item, the original (the first project) will be preserved.
Example:
Note: The Update function can process geometric entities, load cases, loads, supports, hinges, etc.